Upcoming shows:
The Bitter End, NYC........................................................................Sept 4
with Andrew Meskin on drums and Jonny Blaze on bass/ 7pm/ $5 cover at the door
The Bitter End, NYC........................................................................Sept 25
with Adam Kane on rhythm guitar and vocals/ 7pm/ $5 cover at the door
Past shows:
The Natitional Underground, NYC...................................................Jun 14
Googie's Lounge at the Living Room, NYC.....................................July 7
The Bitter End, NYC........................................................................July 10
Emily Forst is a New York City based guitarist, singer, and songwriter and the founder of the NYC Guitar Group. Her music is the sonic equivalent of a smoky lounge with blue velvet curtains and good stiff whisky. She also founded and currently organizes the NYC Guitar Group, an over 700 member group, which she began in early 2009.
Emily has a degree in Music Composition and Technology from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, where she studied classical guitar and voice. She later continued private classical guitar studies with renowed classical guitarist Kevin Gallagher. In early 2011, while living in with her grandmother in upstate New York, Emily bought a used Fender Telecaster guitar, and transitioned from classical to electric guitar. She also began songwriting and wrote the tracks for her ep "Sonic Boom" in the space of a few short months.
Born in New York City, and raised in Glendale, Wisconsin- Emily's music is influenced by both the city and the prairie. As a young girl, she spent hours listening to her father's record collection: Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Appalacian folk tunes... as well as everything that was on the radio. Her parents worked as reseach scientists, which gave Emily the opportunity to travel internationally. She has travelled broadly across the Mid East (Israel, Egypt, Turkey), Europe (France, Ireland, England...) and South America. Now she travels where her music takes her. Emily's strong background in classical music, as well as the span of her travels gives her music its wide scope.
Emily's debut ep "Sonic Boom" is scheduled to be released in October 2011.
Like my music? Bake a really great apple pie that you'd like to tell me about?! I'd love to hear from you! Really- the kinds of people who listen to my music tend to be just great people. Please feel free to send me an email to my emily_emilyforst.com address and I will respond as soon as I can. Booking inquiries please use the booking_emilyforst.com address. You can also email me from the form below.
